Upper Arlington High School - Norwester Yearbook (Upper Arlington, OH)

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.HARSENIC AND OLD LACE Tryouts for Arsenic The score was tied at twelve and twelve be- tween Martha and Abby Brewster and their homicidal nephew Ionathanfeat twelve mur- ders! The Brewster family, ot Arsenic and Old Lace and 1944 senior class play fame, just had a flair for such things. Old Mr. Brewster had been a patent medicine salesinan who thought- fully practiced on dead people so that there would be no chance of hurtinq anyone. Sweet old Abby and Martha did away with an even dozen elderly and lonesome people just for charity's sake. But there was friction in the family when Ionathan qloated over the fcct that he could do as well sinaleehanded as could his aunts to- qether. So the sisters laid their plans, and in the final moments of the play they triumphantly murdered Mr. Witherspoon who had come to take them away to an insane asylum. Martha and Abby won by the score of 13-12. Abby Brewster . . Dr. Harper .... Teddy Brewster . . . Officer Brophy . . . Officer Klein .... Martha Brewster . Elaine Harper .... Mortimer Brewster Ionathon Brewster Dr. Einstein ....... CAST Officer O'Hara ..... Lieutenant Rooney Mr. Witherspoon . Pd, . .Beatrice Benfer . . . . . . lim Kepley . . . . Kiehner Iohnson Bob Heinzerling .... . . Bob Fidler . . Suzanne Sims . Sybil Gramlich Charles Brewster . . . . . lim Crane . . . . .Ferd Wetsel . . . Bill Konold .. Dod Brandt . lack Wetherbee

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YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU . The Sycamore living room The Sycamore family of Moss Hart's You Can't Take lt With You , which was this year's junior class play, appeared in Upper Arlington on November 19, 1943. This family really believed in doing what they liked, with no questions asked. They lived a very happy-go-lucky life until Alice fell in love with Tony Kirby, vice president of Kirby and Co. When his socially-minded parents came to the Sycamore house for dinner, many startling events happened. For with Mrs. Sycamore's paintings, Grandpa's snakes, Mr. Kolenkhov's communistic ideas and Mr. Sycamore's fire- works, Mr. and Mrs. Kirby were rather shocked at their son's choice of in-laws. At last Tony's parents came to their senses, though, and the play ends with this thought- and they lived happily ever after. You Can't Take lt With You, was originally a Broadway hit. It won the Pulitzer Prize and in l938 the movie version was voted the best movie of the year. Mr. D. E. Gibson, the director, used a method new to Arlington when he cast his play. He chose complete A and B casts and made changes during any rehearsal, as he saw tit. The night of dress rehearsal the final cast was really definite. Also, as a change from previous years, two seniors were in the production, one in the A cast, the other in the Mr. Gibson feels that if a certain part can be more capably done by someone from another grade, that per- son should be used for the best interests of the production.

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MUSIC DEPARTMENT FIRST ROW: Chandler, Hill, Sheline, Sutton, Sutherland, Feree. SECOND ROW: Dierks, Adkinson, Linibert, Copelan, Livesy, Masters. THIRD ROW: Schmidt, Brown, Burkart, Crabtree, Winters, Odebrecht, Pray, Love. FOURTH ROW: Cheney. FIRST ROW: Fulchner, Sheline, Hill, Everson, Walker, Milford. SECOND ROW: Preston. THIRD ROW: Roseboom, Boone, Forney, Reinhart, Myler, lunkerman, Pray. FOURTH ROW: Hawk, Greathouse, Cheney, Crabtree, Orth, Burkhart. The major project of the music department this year was the Minstrel Show. Glee Club mem- bers formed the nucleus of the Minstrel chorus, and R. V. Cheney, music department di- rector, was also in charge of this annual stage production. The Glee Club also partici- pated in assemblies. The effect which their soft humming created when used in the back- ground as Bill Lutz gave Lin- coln's second inaugural address in the February assembly will long be remembered. And Patty Cooper has appeared time and time again as soloist before large groups and small. The band lent excitement and patriotic fervor to pep rallies, and fired Arlington fans with enthusiasm when it played at home basketball games. The orchestra also performed at many school functions, and high lighted its season by qiving a March concert before the PTA. group. K6- 'E' f S-1 in